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Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Colina Machado has left Oslo, her international relations coordinator Pedro Urturtu Noceri wrote in a post on X. “As confirmed by the Prime Minister of Norway, she is no longer in Oslo,” Noseri’s post read. “She is feeling well and has been under the care of specialists over the past few days in hopes of making a speedy and complete recovery.” CNN is trying to find out where Machado traveled. Machado is recovering from a spinal fracture sustained last week while leaving Venezuela on a secret trip to Norway to accept…

Michael Atherton has praised England fast bowler Jofra Archer for spearheading England’s superb performance as they beat Australia 326-8 on the opening day of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide.Archer was criticized for bowling one of his fastest deliveries with the match almost over in the closing stages of England’s second Test defeat in Brisbane, but he increased his speed to nearly 90mph in the scorching heat to take 3-29 from 16 overs. Archer took the first wicket of Jake Weatherald (18), added Marnus Labuschagne (19) on the first ball after lunch, and Cameron Green (0) two balls later to…

Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as CEO as the Firefox browser maker struggles to adapt to a rapidly changing browser market. The appointment comes at a time when web browsers are seeing something of a rejuvenation as AI changes the way people use the internet. Incumbent companies such as Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple’s Safari, which have dominated the market for more than a decade, are facing new challenges from companies such as Perplexity, Arc, OpenAI, and Opera. These companies are focused on delivering AI to users at their first point of contact with the internet, the web browser, by…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that he thinks the recent movement of money from artificial intelligence companies into stocks across sectors is supporting the market, even as big tech companies show weakness.”Institutional money and institutional memory fled bubble stocks months ago and moved into all kinds of non-tech growth strategies,” he said. “That’s the strength of this market. That’s why the mag-seven contraction means much less than the bears said.”The move runs counter to Wall Street’s concerns about a bubble forming in data center stocks, he noted. Kramer added that the data center hype died down several months ago as…

A U.S. military helicopter flies near an oil tanker during a raid described by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as a U.S. seizure off the coast of Venezuela, Dec. 10, 2025, in a video still. US Attorney General | via ReutersAt least 34 U.S.-licensed oil tankers with a history of transporting Venezuelan oil are currently sailing in the Caribbean Sea, according to a new analysis obtained by CNBC on Wednesday.And at least 12 of those tankers appear to be carrying Venezuelan crude, according to ship location data from global trade intelligence firm Kpler. One of the tankers, the Skipper, was…

James Wade is one of the most decorated players in the history of darts and believes winning the World Darts Championship will cement his legend in the sport.During his career, Wade won the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, British Open, European Championship, Premier League, and Masters, establishing himself as one of the greatest players to ever play. But the world is something that has always eluded him. He reached the semifinals four times in 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2022, but never made it to the final. He also entered this tournament having lost three games in a row in the…

Google today aims to steal OpenAI’s thunder with the release of its faster and cheaper Gemini 3 Flash model, which is based on Gemini 3 released last month. The company has also made this the default model for the Gemini app and AI mode in search. The new Flash model comes six months after Google announced the Gemini 2.5 Flash model, and it comes with significant improvements. In benchmarks, the Gemini 3 Flash model significantly outperforms its predecessor and in some respects matches the performance of other Frontier models such as the Gemini 3 Pro and GPT 5.2. For example,…

Honda cars line up at a vehicle storage area at an industrial port in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on July 23, 2025, the day U.S. President Donald Trump signed a trade deal with Japan that lowers auto import tariffs. Kim Kyung Hoon | ReutersJapan’s exports rose 6.1% year-on-year in November, the fastest growth in nine months this year, according to Japan’s Ministry of Finance data released on Wednesday. The growth was significantly higher than the average 4.8% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and above the 3.6% seen in the previous month. Exports were supported by a 23.6% increase in exports…

oracle Shares fell about 6% on Wednesday following reports that talks had been held. blue owl capital Plans to back a $10 billion data center in Michigan had stalled, but the cloud company later disputed the report. According to the Financial Times, Blue Owl was in talks with Oracle about funding a 1-gigawatt facility for OpenAI in Saline Township, Michigan.But the plan fell through due to concerns about Oracle’s rising debt levels and widespread spending on artificial intelligence, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The cloud company later said the project was progressing “on schedule” but that Blue…

US President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, who is known for working behind the scenes, has suddenly found himself in the media spotlight after a candid interview with Vanity Fair magazine sparked controversy.In the interview, Susie Wiles reportedly described President Trump as an “alcoholic personality,” tech mogul Elon Musk as a “weird, odd duck” and Vice President J.D. Vance as a “conspiracy theorist.”Mr. Wiles criticized the two-part Vanity Fair article published Tuesday, calling it a “hit piece.”Trump is standing by an aide he calls the “Ice Maiden,” and White House press secretary Caroline Levitt said “the entire administration … is…